Lex Jones was born and raised in Sheffield, north England, in 1985. A keen writer from a young age, he was always fascinated with the supernatural and is obsessed with stories. He loves films, books, theatre, videogames, graphic novels, anything with a good story that captures the imagination. His books tend to have a supernatural (or at least 'unusual') undercurrent, as this moves them away from the more boring aspects of real life.

James hails originally from Yorkshire, England having relocated with his family to Houston, Texas in 2010. He has an honors degree in Zoology and a background in sales, marketing and business. James is an Affiliate Member of the Horror Writers Association.

James also writes screenplays and currently has three under option (a spine-chilling horror, a Tarantino-esque crime caper and an animated family movie). In 2014 he was commissioned by Spectra Records to write a biopic feature on the early life of Bob Marley, and in 2015 was writer for hire on the Kenyan sitcom ‘The Samaritans’.

As if that weren’t enough, James has written and directed a bunch of short movies, winning Best Director in the 2013 Splatterfest film competition and Remi awards at Houston’s Worldfest Film Festival in 2012, 2014 and 2015.

James’ writing style has been described as uncompromising, unique and entertaining; he combines highly original ideas with brilliant vocabulary and highly effective yarn spinning in which the story always comes first! Be warned, his work does have a tendency towards the dark side – usually with a rich vein of humor – and there is always a delicious twist at the end!

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

Scream Hard Review

"Face of An Angel", by James H Longmore

Donna Maria:

Once again this author delivers a short story that is executed sublimely.

Encapsulated only in 12 pages, you find exquisite depths and characterization... that's no mean feat.

I cried at one point, laughed out loud and felt ice course through my veins, and although this sounds odd, to me that's a real treat!

An emotional story full of dark and piercing perceptions that you just know are as natural to James H Longmore as breathing.

The ebb and flow is his main armoury, a bit of a demon where it comes to delivering that killer line, be it funny, sad or shocking!

Scream Hard Review

"A Proud Father", by James Longmore

Donna Maria:

I'm still very emotional after finishing this short story late last night.

These poignant 7 pages delivered depth, beauty and horror with the sharpest of blades, so as the rush of emotions whilst reading were uncontrollable.

In many ways, and I'm sure when you read this you will agree, it reminded me of 'The Book Thief', in as much as you are taken on a journey that is fated to end in tragedy, yet you cannot help but allow yourself to love the characters.

I was treated to two short stories to read by this author and am thoroughly looking forward to 'Face of an Angel'. James Longmore has completely taken me by surprise. I had no idea what to expect, but then I do so love that feeling of discovery and such a fantastic way to find a new author.

In one sentence: If 'A Proud Father' was all James H Longmore ever wrote, it would be enough.

www.jameslongmore.com and www.hellboundbooks.com

Kevin J. Kennedy is a horror author, editor, and anthologist. He is also the owner of KJK Publishing and he runs the best selling 'The Horror Collection' series.

He lives in the heart of Scotland with his beautiful wife and his three cats, Carlito, Ariel and Luna. He can be found on Facebook most days if you want to chat with him.

David Owain Hughes is a word-slinger of horror and crime fiction, who grew up on trashy b-movies from the age of five which helped rapidly instil in him a vivid imagination. He’s had multiple short stories published in various online magazines and anthologies, along with articles, reviews and interviews. He’s written for This Is Horror, Blood Magazine, and Horror Geeks Magazine.

Hughes is the author of six horror novels, four short story collections and a plethora of novellas. Although he predominately writes within the bracket of horror and its multiple sub-genres, he’s recently branched out into crime fiction and is slowly carving out a superb series of crime/noir thrillers under the umbrella title of South Wales.

J. C. Michael is an English horror author.

His début novel, Discoredia, was published in September 2013 and re-released in 2018 under the new title - Pandemonium. He has featured in the Double Barrel Horror series from Pint Bottle Press and co-authored the novella, You Only Get One Shot, with Scottish writer Kevin J Kennedy.

A number of his short stories have been published in various anthologies from a variety of publishers, as well as within his collection, Everything’s Annoying.

Citing Stephen King, James Herbert, and Clive Barker, as his greatest influences, Michael's work sits firmly within the horror genre.

A lifelong fan of supernatural horror and fantasy, Nick spends his days prowling the darker side of fiction, often to the scream of heavy metal guitars and the purrs of his feline companions.

Fate set him on the path of the writer at the tender age of 15. The journey has been much longer and harder than his teenage self ever anticipated, but 17 years later he is still forging ahead.

Nick is best known for his Hybrid series, the first of which was published under Wild Wolf Publishing in 2015. The second and third instalments originally launched 2016 and 2017 respectively, but a planned move to another publisher brought the series to a standstill over the next two years, when things didn't work out as hoped.

2020 saw him teaming up with two other esteemed Huddersfield authors, to form their own label, Twisted Fate Publishing. Nick spent most of the 2020 lockdown working hard on editing the three manuscripts for re-release as revised and extended second editions, and the reboot began with Hybrid on July 31st. The long awaited fourth instalment is planned for around Halloween 2020, at which point he will get to work on the fifth for release in 2021.

Nick has also had short stories published in various anthologies, and will soon be releasing his first non-Hybrid novel based on the true story of the Pendle witches.

For more information about Nick and his work:

Web: nick-stead.co.uk

hybridseries.co.uk

FB: https://www.facebook.com/officialnickstead/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nick_stead

Justin Boote is a 47 year-old Englishman living in Barcelona, author of dark and horror fiction. Having spent 5 years writing short stories, he now dedicates his time to writing novels. His first 5-book series, The Undead Possession Series, is already available on Amazon, with a standalone serial killer novel to come afterwards followed by another short series.

To find out more visit his website at justinboote.com and receive a free, short story for signing up!

After ten years in the Australian Army, Lee Franklin has been a personal trainer, logistics officer and the mother of three boys. Lee loves running, coffee and is owned by her dogs Benji and Terra. Usually, elbow deep in gore, Lee also writing high action and dark speculative fiction with twists. Find out more on her website; www.leefranklin.com